Telegram-herald., 1887-11-01

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iana5is cioi slers. IN ne elegant Waidieoaio
sa.lssns. i ls good a. 5 tekst - 4a ar
.allsfy ion SGos shstosr y > "A
oF jsns or soalsbocg s.ss sao . tns a.
tist bat somsbady around that magnificent
establishment 1As caught 90 70 tae
.eAelae 81 a4skia ( pictures ouE cl nEs suits
snd men ; furnishing goods and me result
. a pretty aad pietaresqas 9AnofzlEs = nieh
. constantly chansin< and 4isays iAseiasl
M les ~l4slll4fllg 4 lie sDsds ai.A 1
zen change iE-l3t even for ~Joseph
Gssad Rapids peopis should not fsas
ne results Of ths coal 'comblas-" AL
we've got u a. II the eombiBers get TO
.sesb Is - stand oli oa the p00lic streets,
and ~1it ull the wood Fo,.s BY Like the
classic lser iI Is already rolling rapidly
in rom the c0unlrY % The city. and even
at tne present prices OF coal many a aither-
% good customer of The eo2l dealers has pat
Ia new sood stoves. CRATES or furnaces AID
gone ~ bayink fir-g class beach and maple
a. sf % and - Per cord n preferences To
s15nltfiaz 20 ahat Is nothing more nor
less than an u1coa-ciOna0ie sNindle On the
part % toe engineers of the great coal
deal The most reliable thicagO papers
say thai the legitimate price
there Tor egg and nut coal should
DOT exceed S. and there Is nothing In the
freight to this city that should make any
pronounced difference fFom these figures.
And vet Es are now paying s. 25 Wit the
prospect ct another, and tue- still another
False. This whole coal business - mo-
nop0iy aad an sxtOrtiOa OF the blackest
tye-coal black aud its manipulators are
making grral mistake N their coal Gala
latious f1r Grand Rapids and Micnis san.
and al other parts VI the country weere
there IS siili goo y 1od leii Tor fuel and lots
of lt. While me wood ASS we can 20
them several tons, snd then see them
several cords 6stte-, uati, when the local
sgeuts finally ~cali' lOal their customers
they viii wish they were With their own
pEecccions,Y precious proiuct down n a
coal mine, underneath lbs ssouad.
Several times lately in passing by on
Monroe street have stopped to watch the
progress Of the Handsome new plate glass
window which Mr.. hanson Luce IS putin :
in hls corner store nov occupied by McDon-
sid e Williams. But Mr. Lacf fhimssif ab-
sCr1~ Tie nolt ol my s,teuton. ilat man
s = spleadlt illustration OF that rare class of
ueu WIN came a. pioneers to Grand Rapids
nearly atty years agO. w aen the great metrOp-
olis Oi 20. tas ~as bat little more than an
Indian trsting pos.-ths .avn whose hard
lsboT Rut seli-sscuice have made Grand
kaplts what il is-.Ae nen VINO could and
even uoE CO. work longer, lau, q louder
ani swear harder than any young man OF
them az among the present degenerate gem
erafiog. There hc stands, no mater what the
temperature. With his coat Of. his hat on the
wav hack OF his hcel, his se yes rUiied up.
beyond any doubt Of question the "5css' OF
his own ion. and eqnauy beyond doubt or
, qurstill fns busiest man a. work uyOn IL.
And vet Mr. Luce - upwards of thrse score
years and ten. BCs you'd never guess il by
MS looks or actions. and II YOU got too
wsch IN bis wey or gave him any sass or
back talk ike. Dy the time you hsd picked
yourself up oui OF the middle OF tie road
I yOu would lakt y5ur solemn oath he was
only ~ or thereafOGts. Rams, as his old
/ friends call him. Is a genuine old settler
7 and representative citiz n. and FOR all his
grutf exterior and stfa ..ht out modes OF
speech IS generous tender hearted man.
Who has done a world Of good deeds with
out ever going around and telling
ABOUT them His only bad habit is
bis politics. Religion never hurt
Rams any. but he is the blackssi
OF sal black Re2ublioans-how black this
anecdcts will illustrate He was talking
with lot Of the older boys at genial
tfeOrgs Nichols drug store one day, when
| the COnvsrsafiOn clAncet 70 turn on the
alleged irregularities of local Democratic
! Osicisl. Mr.. Lnce was very vigorously ce-
I nOuncing the Democrat when some Ole
/ Jackson.sa present probably Wilson, wa
mean enough To interrupt by wanting tC
| know what De Mr.. Luce thought 0t Ger
tain Republican official who mad also msd'
| bis mistakes. He" said Ransom, in
/ diguantly aud earnestly. naming the MAN
why. hi. he never meant To do any
| thng out OF the way. lie took som'
[ money certainly, but then, he spsat ersrl
| craf y % 0R ths RepublicGR party. He's al
/ right An6 our Old settler civil service re
| former lOOxed SO sincere and spoke 50 II
dead earnest. that nobody haC
the heart 20 contradict his any further
I've inst been LAYING for one OF you
TEIsGssw-HERALD folks" said be. ever
since you published that editorial on stone
sidewalks. rood ike 70 give you th'
other side OF that business" F" AMI he seemed
TO actually beech cheerful over bis Snotsy
knotty pun. which would have made
| truly good man pine aSav and die an,
which caused even the ca.l0us Wasker an,
falker 70 turn ssh-en pale ss be reflects
how such . thing msy-pall Bpon a reader
Yes. said ne. 'it's all vsry funny 10
some of you editors Who carry 81 The rsa
estate you ve got n he world round togi
with you. 8n5 d0a even own a horse block
let alone business block on xonr0e O
| Cansl- Il. its al very we'll for you fellow
TO sel us big prope-ty-Ovners lrssdsrs vi
2 see that there 0as no gall about fhi